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Title: James Joyce's Dubliners: An Illustrated Edition With Annotations by James Joyce, Bernard McGinley, John W. Jackson ISBN: 0312097905 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: October, 1993 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: "Dawn of the Living Dead"
Comment: (My only complete reading of Dubliners was from this version.)
1. What makes Dubliners so amenable to an annotated edition is that it is essentially an immediately accessible work of fiction - Joyce's only one, (the Portrait's a little trickier).
The multiple place and character references make up a significant portion of the narratives - lose these settings, and you're not left with the virtuoso, stand-alone subtle psychological complexities of either the Portrait or Ulysses to gnaw on.
2. Is it "Margaret Mary Allicott"? I forget the spelling. Apologies. A reference is made to her in Dubliners... Buck Mulligan refers to her in Ulysses as "Margaret Mary ANYcock".
Without annotations, what can you make of that? Who was she?
The annotated Dubliners points out that MMA was a figure of considerable religious veneration in Dublin at the time. Icons of her were to be found in many homes. She would drink only dirty washwater, and ate only the pus from her numerous sores:
Neglecting the body = Sanctity = turn of the century Dublin morality [! ]
The annotations permit you to enjoy not only the bizarre character of the Zeitgeist, but also appreciate the Buck's nasty pun.
3. My point here is that you can only appreciate these sorts of references WITH annotations. And you can easily imagine that the instances are numerous.
The pictures & annotations are not "a key"; rather they breathe life into a good collection of early Joycean tales.
4. A fun copy. And remember, these stories were originally read by people who DID understand the references and allusions.
The only readable version of Dubliners and heartily commended to all wishing to enjoy and appreciate these heartwarming yarns of a city's moral and psychological twilight: paralysis, disillusionment, and collapse.
Survey sez: "Marvellous".
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book and wonderful treasure
Comment: The voluminous notes gave me a richer understanding of this work. The book is beautfully laid out and much easier to read than other "annotated" books. I wish the author's would tackle ULYSSES next.
Rating: 5
Summary: in stores and worth perusing
Comment: I found several copies of the book, new and unused, for sale at Heffers bookstore in Cambridge, UK.
The drawings, photographs, and newspaper clippings provide a first hand sense of what Joyce's Dublin was like then. Like a mail order fountain pen, whose newspaper advertisement from Christmas 1903 is reproduced in the book. Maybe Gabriel Conroy bought one. I've never used a fountain pen - to me the advertisement is a subtle reminder of how distant Joyce's Dublin is from us now.
Warning - It's tempting to spend more time reading the notes and annotations than reading Joyce himself.
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Title: Joyce Annotated: Notes for Dubliners Portrait by Don Gifford ISBN: 0520046102 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: December, 1982 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Ulysses (Vintage International) by James Joyce, Erroll McDonald, Morris L. Ernst ISBN: 0679722769 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: June, 1990 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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